Palaestina saw one of the greatest historical and cultural events in its history during Byzantine rule – the victory of Christianity as the official religion of the Empire in 313 CE. This point represented the transition of the province from of no particular significance to the Eastern Empire, to The Holy Land – Terra Sancta,…
The Tabgha mosaics, which adorn the floor of a pilgrimage site near the Sea of Galilee between the 5th and 7th centuries, have been a frequent subject of scholarly discourse. However, several unresolved issues persist. One issue concerns two Greek inscriptions commemorating the church’s patrons, which prior studies often associate with the second and final…
Khirbet Harsis (Sha’ar HaGāy) is located approximately 27 kilometers west of Jerusalem, alongside an ancient road that connected Jaffa to Jerusalem via Abu Ghosh. The site’s strategic position between two distinct landscape units–the lowlands and the mountainous terrain—rendered it a natural stopover for travelers, particularly Christian pilgrims seeking rest and respite before undertaking the steep…
The proposed lecture aims to present the new archaeological project, focused on the material culture of early Christian pilgrimage: the study of ancient Nessana in the Negev Desert, Israel. Nessana is located in the south-western Negev, on the modern Israeli-Egyptian border. The site flourished during the 6th-7th centuries CE, when it served as a main…
The Halûk Perk Museum in Istanbul contains many artefacts from the Archaic, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Anatolian Turkish Principalities, Ottoman and Republican periods. The Halûk Perk Museum also includes many valuable artefacts made of stone, metal, glass, terracotta, ivory and bone dating back to the Byzantine Empire and produced for different functions. There are papers presented…